What is Surrender?
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What is surrender? The word surrender has a very deep meaning. If we don't understand it correctly, we will misunderstand it! We will be committing a grave mistake. We will be misunderstanding the deeper truths.
When you ask someone who does not know, you will either not get an answer or you will get the wrong answer.
Only those who have experienced can explain clearly. If you ask the meaning of surrender to a person who has not experienced it, he will say, 'Just give everything to God, that's all.' That is not surrender.
One man came to me and asked, 'If I surrender everything to God, will everything be alright?' I replied, 'Yes, if you truly surrender everything to God, everything will be alright.' He returned after three days and told me. 'Swamiji, I have surrendered everything to God.' I was happy and asked him, 'Where are you going now?' He replied, 'To the bar.' He continued, 'Whatever I do, God is only responsible from now on.'
This is actually a method of fooling oneself. If he has really surrendered, he would have surrendered the drinking habit also. He would not have even been able to drink any further.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, the enlightened Master from India beautifully says, 'When real surrender comes from your heart, God will guide you in every step of your life and you can never do wrong.' When surrender does not blossom from inside you and is only at the lip level, you will fool yourselves and others.
Surrender will keep you thinking of Existence all the time. You will slowly
Actually, God is only an excuse for you to surrender. The act of surrendering is what is important. God is not the goal; surrender is the real goal. When you surrender or when you lose your ego, you are no longer a separate entity from Existence; you merge with Existence or God. You will then understand that there is no God sitting above. There is only Existence that fills everything in this universe including you!
It is not important to whom you surrender; it is the thought of total surrender that has the power to change your life into a blissful one. When you surrender, you become a possessor of the inexhaustible energy that is Existence, and you handle anything that comes your way.
You become strong and unshakeable, come what may. People around you will find you a pillar of strength. They will be able to feel the invisible hand of Existence working through you.
